Small grasshopper in portrait wear macro lens
In the life and development of grasshopper colonies known wanderer experienced three phases of growth of population is the solitary phase, transient phase and phase gregaria. In the solitary phase, locusts live on their own and do not cause any harm or damage to crops. In phase gregaria locusts wanderer live clustered in groups with a number of very large, nomadic and cause devastating damage.
Changes to the solitary phase gregaria phase usually starts at the beginning of the rainy season after a drought quite dry (below normal). At that time, usually an increase in solitary locust populations who came from various locations into an ecologically appropriate location to develop. The location is very sparsely populated, usually have open land or lots of grass, loose sandy soil, near water sources (rivers, lakes) so that the condition of the soil is sufficiently moist. After the last 3-4 generations when environmental conditions allow to be developed into gregaria phase, through the transient phase. This location is known as the location of the initial breeding.
